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RUSSIANS ADOPT WISHFUL

OFFENSIVE

FROM PAGE ONE

tanka. The total number of fanita. destroyed on the entire front has not yet been determined.

THINKING

BY NAZIS

Reverse Recent. Air Losses

LONDON, June 24 (Reuter) — The

German Army's operations have proceeded very satisfactory sc- cording to plan."

This is the only reference to the Russian, campaign contained in a German High Commend communi- que.

Soviets Confident MOSCOW, Juno 24 (Reuter).— "We know that the enemy who has altacked us is strong. We do not expect an easy victory. We know that victory over 'asism will be dimcult and will demand many but we also know that we win.". saya

"Pravdo." The paper recalls that the German attempt to seize the Ukraine in 1918 was defeated with tremendous losses despite the fact that the Russians then were "exhausted by an perialist war, poorly armed and sup- aerman

and adds: "Since then, our forces have grown Inimcazutuly We

possess a powerful, splendidly armed and supplied Red Army und navy capable of dealing a cushing blow to any entmy,"

It proceeds to say that British aircraft attempted a daylight sweep over occupied territory in which the enemy loa: 22 aircraft compared with Germany's three.

(It is remorked in London that the nn habit of reversing the figures of aerial losses reflects the anxiety of the Wilhelmstrasse to divert Ger- man attention from the unpleasant fact that Germany now faces a cam- paign on two fronts.)

Big Guns

Д

The communique records that German long-range battery shelled British shipping in, the English Channel.

During Monday night, German aircraft bombed harbour Installations in the Thames Estuary and southeast England, causing large fires.

Russian Raide LONDON, June 25 (Reuter) Fresh battles and bitter hand-to-hand fighting all alom: the vast Soviet frontier are reported in the latest avaliable here on the dispatches Russo-German hostilities, but there is no mention of specific points.

While all German reports speaks of terrifle resistance, by Russian troops, British bombers on Monday night this morningt dropped a small number of high Moscow newspapers

bombs incendiary

in splashed a peport that Soviet planes explosive bombed targets in Germany yester-northwestern Germany, hitting re- day after flying 440 miles from their sidential bulklings and killing and bases in Russia,

wounding several civilians. The make enemy lost three aircraft in these The Germans, however, several big claims, including crush-operations in which a German night ing a Russian frontier division "In fighter claims to have registered spite of stubborn resistance."

The German radio reveals that Nazi troops are using flame throwers against Russian pill-boxes which are but to a depth of three miles.

On To Latvia

LONDON, June 25 (Reuter)-Ne- ports from Helsinki stale that Ger- man troops have occupied the lasti Lithuanian town on the road to Riga and are now only.a few miles from the Latvinn frontier.

Gennan planes claim to have bombed Tailin, captial of Estonia, where Russia has a naval base.

200th night victory.

R.A.O.C. Blankets Case Judgment

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Indo-Chinas (Fret) $30 Wharves 500 Docks

$15.10 Providents $5.45

Lands $32 Realties $2.00 Trama $10.35 Star Ferries $51.75 Yaumati Ferries $21.35 Lights "O" $5.95 Electrics Ris $10.85 Telephones

nes "O" $22.40 Telephones "N" $8,00 Cements $14 Ropes $7.00 Watsons $10.15 Entertainments $0.30

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Watsons $10.45

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Lights Rs 27/25 cts

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Wild Boar Takes

A Night Out

A large and ferocious Indian wild

When

the

bar was hunted in the heart of London recently.

It had escaped from its enclosure in the Zoo during the night.

keepers arrived in morning they discovered the pig In the middle of a big lawn. asleep

It awoke

immediately, and a pig- stalking party of keepers and A.FS. men was organised,

Many exciting moments followed. One was when the boar began to charge a lorry, but thought better of

Judgment was given by Mr D.it, and swerved at the last moment. After an hour's run the boar was J. N. Anderson at Kowloon Magis- tracy this morning in the case in driven into a narrow lane between

biscuits fences. Two

were seven persons, Including wire which corporal of the Royal Army Ord-thrown into the entrance of his enge, nance Corps, were charged with con- and in he walked. spiring steal 215 blankets, valued The pig has been particularly Soviets Resisting

Military bad-tempered since his wife died BERLIN, June 24 (UP). The $2,000, property of the

Authorities, at Mataukok Depot, four months before," said his keeper. Propaganda Company reports to-day

Kowloon Indicated that the Soviet troops are

wloon City, on April 14. in Defendants were Lo Yau, 38, the vigorously generally resisting Individual engagements and larger No. 1 in charge of the tent repair batlles involving motorised units. shop, R.A.O.C. Depat, Lai Hop, 26, However, it is reported that the tent mender, Wong Keung, 23, hair Germans claim the Breat success dresser, Chan Shun, 27, against the Soviet tanks. In one Cpl. Leonard Munsey, 29, Li Fo, 30,

and Tsim Tak, both tent menders. battle alone, six tanks were destroy- ed in less than half an hour.

n woman,

Additional Charge The same report admitted that the Munsey was additionally charged Soviet soldiers "defended themselves with larceny of three blankels, two not unskilfully." Another report, sheets, a mosquito curtain and an describing an apparently large eng- electric light bulb, and alternatively agement, indicated the

woman Soviet charged together with the resistance by the statement that the with receiving stolen property. Reds advanced on one of the German

C. Dowman conducted the flanks, but it was added that the

Soviet troops, were quickly thrown,

Mr M. A. da Savo ope |

back and the Germans continued their steady advance,

French Warships Attacked

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" First, second and third Defendants SOUTHEAST COAST TOWN, June were all convicted by His Worship 25 (UP).—The RAF. delivered what on the first count, and were cach watchers on the southeast coast des- fined $250 or three months hard cribed as one of their biggest attacks MORROW labour. All the other Defendants on Boulogne and Calais carly this were discharged. His Worship anid morning. that the evidence against them was Clusters of searchlights swept the entirely based upon that given by the sky and reached halfway across the first three Defendants and the Pro- English Channel as waves of bombers of the Mediterranean Ficet are giv-secution had no evidence ugalņai roared in to the attack. ing continuous and active assistance them. to the advance of our armies along the coast of Syria by carrying out bombardments of military objectives at strong points of resistance,

In the early hours of yesterday morning, two Vichy destroyers at- tempted to interfere with our opera tions. They were at once heavily engaged by our ships and both were

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Stanley Prison Officer Dead

Prison

Stanley

Omeer Dedear, to be hit several times before Prison, died at Stanley during the they retired under cover of a sinoke-night. screen to the shelter of their shore P. O. Dedear returned to the Co- batteries.

lony only two months ago from "At least one other destroyer of Sydney where he had spent nine the Chevaller Paul class, which had months' sick leave with his wife, been operating against us in Syrian two daughters and a son.

had already been hit and al- waters, most certainly sunk by torpedoes from naval aircraft.

P. O, Dedear, who was 47 years of age. Joined the Prison staff in 1921 after having served with Royal Artillery in the Great War. He used to do a good deal of boxing, as a welterweight, in the old City Hall and was a Corporal in the Stanley Platoon, H.K.V.D.C,

"Naval aircraft also carried out! successful attacks on the ports of Beirut and Tripoli (Syria) and on warships and shipping in these ports. Throughout the Eastern and Cen- ral Mediterranean, our submarines The funeral will take place this continued to inflict losses on the evening, passing the Monument

in convoy has 5 p.m.

enemy. A cupply Sccessful attack

been sunk, and

a

has been made on a large Kalian

about

bout 20,000 tons. This liner of

was hit by two torpedoes.

ship

"A message has been sent to the C-in-C of the Mediterranean asking him to convey the congratulations of the Board of the Admiralty to our on their increasingly submarines Buccessful operations."

$50,000 GIFT TO BOMBER FUND

A munificent donation of $50,000 to the Bomber Fund was received this morning from Messrs Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd.

This is the second gift of $50,000 made to the fund by this company.

When the Bomber Fund was in- augurated a year ago, Messrs Jardine, Matheson were among the first con- tributors to the fund.

UNFIT FOR WORK Fined £10

at

The Germans put up a very heavy anti-aircraft barrage, but the raid continued without a break.

New Air Service Possible

Juno

SHIUKWAN,

25 (Inter national). It is reported that the Eurasia Aviation Corporation may a service from here to maintain Hongkong to relieve the service maintained by the China National Aviation Corporation.

Hundreds of passengers are await- for accommodation ing for air Hongkong, Kwellin, Chungking and elsewhere..

Nazis Claim Fall Of Capital

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” Istanbul, June 24 (UP), Ankara Radio reported to-day that German and Rumanian troops had occupied

miles east of the Pru

Pruth River, announcement added

No Raids On Chisinau, capital of Bessarabia,

Britain

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, June 24 (UP)-A joint communique issued by the Ministry of Home Security and the Air Ministry states that there was no enemy air activity over Britain up to U p.m., adding, "one enemy bomber was destroyed in a small attack on this country last night."

Too Much Smoke

From A Launch

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40

that

German and Rumanian troops has also occupied Bolgrad, 20 miles northeast of Galati, as well as Cer- nnuti across the Soviet-Rumanian

border.

Aerial Losses: Moscow Figures

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" NEW YORK, June 24 (UP)—The N.B.C. reports that It picked up a Moscow communique stating that 374 Russian planes had been destroy- ed, mostly on the ground at aerodro

mes.

For permitting their launch to Issue

The communique added: "In smoke in such a quantity as to be serial engagements 161 enemy planes nuisance while lying alongside the have been shot down and at least Vehicular Ferry Wharf on June 18, 220 enemy planes have been destroy- two

employees of the Hongkong anded on the ground at aerodromes.” Ynumali Ferry Company were fined $10 each by Cmdr J. Jolly at the

ས་ Marine Court this morning.

Defendants, La Kam-sui, and coxswain and engineer of the launch Man Ping,

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Premier's Humility

Mrs Churchill told Wearside ship-- yard workers recently that the trust A colonel tells the story of an ex-that the country had placed in the BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPH" servicemen volunteer for the Ploneer Prime Minister "alls him with hund- lity and with hope and prayer that WASHINGTON, June 24 (UP)-Corps, who was carrying a box.

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mice." "But posed in him."

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of don't join said the an Impression of activities: "behind

Two process workers who through

werd drinkt were unable to work, were who acted in co-operation with the fined £10 each at Manchester, The Ferry Company, men, Joseph Willis of Stanley Street,

She was obtaining for her husband Gorton, and John Gough of Hassop which was very black and thick, the, British technical armed forces, you can't take white mice into the

that ឆ. they do Street, Beswick, were accused of drifted over on to the Fire Brigade so long

not awear Army." "In

the lino" in the Battle of the Atlantic. volunteer, having done "acts calculated to inter- Building. It had been going on for allegiance to the King.

"We all know that if the Battle of So the colonel, not being anxious fere with the performance of their some-time.

to separate the stalwart heart from the Atlantic is lost," she said at a work by persona engaged in work, of

Its beloved pets, allowed them to go luncheon, "this country will be placed national service."

into the Ploneer Corps together in a very awkward alluation, and the Another man, asked his occupation, war may, therefore, be prolonged for såld he was a vermin catcher, but if years. It won, nothing that the transpired that he was a professional enemy can do can daunt us or defeat rabbit trapper.

Slovaks Raise Laugh

LONDON, June 24 · (Reuter) — According to a Bratislavia dispatch quoted by the omeini German news agency, the Slovakian army has join ed the Germans "In the defence of European culture."

Baku Oil Fields On War Footing

LONDON, Jung 24- (Reuter)A vast army of workers in the Baku oil fields luve been placed on war footing, since the beginning of hostilities, states, the Moscow radio.

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